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Pelecypod   Listen
noun
pelecypod  n.  
1.
A marine or freshwater mollusk having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together; a member of the Pelecypoda.
Synonyms: bivalve, lamellibranch.





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... hinge of Pelecypod molluscs and its development, he has pointed out a number of the particular ways in which the dynamics of the environment may act on the characters of the hinge and shell of bivalve molluscs. He has also shown that the initiation and development of the columellar plaits in ...
— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard


Words linked to "Pelecypod" :   lamellibranch, clam, mollusc, piddock, Bivalvia, cockle, class Lamellibranchia, ark shell, Lamellibranchia, bivalved, class Pelecypoda, oyster, mussel, mollusk, escallop


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